Rhetorical Theory by Women before 1900

An Anthology

Jane Donawerth

This anthology is the first to feature women's rhetorical theory from the fifth through the nineteenth centuries. Assembling selections on rhetoric, composition, and communication by 24 women around the world, this valuable collection demonstrates an often-overlooked history of rhetoric as well as women's interest in conversation as a model for all discourse. Among the theorists included are Aspasia, Pan Chao, Sei Shonagon, Madeleine de Scudéry, Hannah More, Hallie Quinn Brown, and Mary Augusta Jordan. The book also contains an extensive introduction, explanatory headnotes, and detailed annotations.
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This collection provides extensive primary text for the study of women's rhetorical theory, as well as extensive introductory considerations of the historiographical issues involved in writing a history of women's rhetorical theory. This makes the book attractive for classes in the history of rhetoric and rhetorical theory, especially those classes that regard the study of gender to be an essential part of the study of rhetoric, and vice versa.— Mari Lee Mifsud, University of Richmond

This rich and valuable reference volume gathers the work of women theorists from around the world. Recommended as an important source for the disciplines of English and political science, as well as for communication, speech, and collections supporting women's studies.— CHOICE

Well conceived, selected, and presented, these cross-cultural specimens of early women's rhetorical theory demand attention. Collectively, these texts—including early works on Chinese women's language, classical rhetorical theory, humanist thinking, and philosophies of women's writing and speaking education—compel us to rethink our approaches to women and rhetoric. This anthology will help students and teachers alike in their efforts to understand and integrate women's thought and practices into the history of rhetoric.— Catherine Hobbs, University of Oklahoma, editor of Nineteenth-Century Women Learn to Write

Rhetorical Theory by Women before 1900

An Anthology

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This anthology is the first to feature women's rhetorical theory from the fifth through the nineteenth centuries. Assembling selections on rhetoric, composition, and communication by 24 women around the world, this valuable collection demonstrates an often-overlooked history of rhetoric as well as women's interest in conversation as a model for all discourse. Among the theorists included are Aspasia, Pan Chao, Sei Shonagon, Madeleine de Scudéry, Hannah More, Hallie Quinn Brown, and Mary Augusta Jordan. The book also contains an extensive introduction, explanatory headnotes, and detailed annotations.

This collection provides extensive primary text for the study of women's rhetorical theory, as well as extensive introductory considerations of the historiographical issues involved in writing a history of women's rhetorical theory. This makes the book attractive for classes in the history of rhetoric and rhetorical theory, especially those classes that regard the study of gender to be an essential part of the study of rhetoric, and vice versa.— Mari Lee Mifsud, University of Richmond

This rich and valuable reference volume gathers the work of women theorists from around the world. Recommended as an important source for the disciplines of English and political science, as well as for communication, speech, and collections supporting women's studies.— CHOICE

Well conceived, selected, and presented, these cross-cultural specimens of early women's rhetorical theory demand attention. Collectively, these texts—including early works on Chinese women's language, classical rhetorical theory, humanist thinking, and philosophies of women's writing and speaking education—compel us to rethink our approaches to women and rhetoric. This anthology will help students and teachers alike in their efforts to understand and integrate women's thought and practices into the history of rhetoric.— Catherine Hobbs, University of Oklahoma, editor of Nineteenth-Century Women Learn to Write